In India, 74% can’t afford a healthy diet: UN agency report

Syllabus: Poverty and hunger

Context

While food prices remain relatively low in India, a healthy diet is unaffordable to nearly three-fourth of the people given their low incomes

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World

The report, ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ (SOFI) 2023, published last month, shows that while the cost of a healthy diet has increased in recent years in India, it is still the lowest among the BRICS nations (including the newly added six countries) and India’s neighbours.
However, the share of people who are able to afford such a healthy diet is still low: India features at the bottom of that list since income levels are stagnant or going down.
SOFI is published by the Food and Agriculture Organization and jointly produced with fellow United Nations agencies.

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